Build A Church People Want To Stay At

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A NEW STANDARD FOR PASTORAL CARE

If you want a church your community trusts, feels safe in, wants to stay connected to, and tells other people about, you must create a new standard of pastoral care.

That is what this workshop will teach you to begin building. We’ll focus on the three things pastors need in place to create a pastoral-care experience that strengthens safety, trust, belonging, connection, and retention.

HERE’S WHAT WE’RE GOING TO WORK ON TOGETHER:

Feel Equipped for Ministry

Care for people and make a difference in their lives without ministry consuming you or burning you out.

Build the Ministry

Build a ministry team that is as invested as you are so you are not carrying the responsibility by yourself.

Create the Care Experience

Create the kind of care experience where people feel genuinely cared for, connected, and have a reason to stay.

BONUSES INCLUDED WITH YOUR FREE REGISTRATION

Tools to help you turn the workshop into action—and strengthen the kind of pastoral-care experience that gives people a reason to stay.

BONUS #1 • WORKSHOP COMPANION APP

Don’t leave this workshop knowing what needs to change but unsure what to do next.

Capture your notes as you learn.
Reflect on what is happening in your ministry.
Leave with implementation strategies you can begin using in your church.

Turn what you learn into action that helps people feel safer, more connected, and more confident in your church—strengthening the trust and belonging that gives them a reason to stay.

BONUS #2 • PASTORAL-CARE REQUEST FORM

Make it easier for people to ask your church for care—and easier for your church to respond well.

Give people a clear way to tell your church what they need.
Reduce confusion about who to contact and what happens next.
Create a clearer starting point for care and follow-up.

When people know how to reach your church and experience clarity, care, and follow-through, you strengthen the trust, safety, connection, and belonging that helps people want to stay.

YOUR WORKSHOP HOST

Meet Dr. Vanessa R. Brooks

I planted and pastored a small community church with my husband for 14 years. I know what it is to love people deeply, carry the weight of their needs, and try to build ministry while still caring for the people God trusted us to serve.

My work did not stop when my years as a pastor ended. I earned my doctorate in Executive Leadership in Mental Health & Human Services, and my dissertation, Exploring Depression in the Black Church, examined the intersection of clergy, the Black church, and mental health. I also hold a master’s degree in Pastoral Counseling and bring more than 16 years of human-services experience to this work.

Today, my research, pastoral experience, and systems work come together around one mission: helping churches establish a new standard of pastoral care—one that strengthens how people experience safety, trust, belonging, connection, and care inside the church.

This is bigger than a workshop. It is a movement toward a higher standard of pastoral care.If you believe the church can care for people better—and become the kind of place people trust enough to stay connected to—I want you in the room.

Ed.D. • Executive LeadershipM.A. • Pastoral CounselingPastoral Ministry • 14 Years16+ Years • Human Services

JOIN THE MOVEMENT

Help establish a new standard of pastoral care in the church.

If you want people to experience your church as a place of safety, trust, belonging, and connection—and have a reason to stay—reserve your seat for Build A Church People Want To Stay At.

Learn how to care for people without burning out.
Learn how to build a team that shares the responsibility.
Learn how to strengthen trust, belonging, and connection through the pastoral-care experience.
Receive the Workshop Companion App and Pastoral-Care Request Form.

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DR. VANESSA R. BROOKS IS TRUSTED BY ORGANIZATIONS & FEATURED ACROSS PROFESSIONAL PLATFORMS.